Dirt bike in fatal Ashburnham crash wasn't registered for road

The dirt bike a 22-year-old man was riding Saturday when it crashed, killing him, was unregistered, police said.

Sgt. Chris Conrad of the Ashburnham Police Department said the bike Zacharie Brodeur was driving on Sherbert Road was not “street legal.”

Mr. Brodeur, who borrowed the bike from a friend, crashed near 88 Sherbert Road. Authorities said he apparently lost control of the dirt bike on Sherbert Road, hit a guard rail and was thrown into a pond.

Police officers and firefighters found Mr. Brodeur dead at the scene.

Sherbert Road was closed for about five hours after the crash.

Police have ruled out foul play, but “he never should have been on the road,” Sgt. Conrad said.